18-year-old shot, killed at southwest Houston apartment complex

Houston police officers and homicide detectives investigate the shooting death of a teenager in southwest Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, 2018.

Houston police officers and homicide detectives investigate the shooting death of a teenager in southwest Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, 2018.

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Houston police officers and homicide detectives investigate the shooting death of a teenager in southwest Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, 2018.

Houston police officers and homicide detectives investigate the shooting death of a teenager in southwest Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, 2018.

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18-year-old shot, killed at southwest Houston apartment complex

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A man was fatally shot behind a southwest Houston apartment complex Tuesday night, according to police.

The 18-year-old, identified on Wednesday as Darian Bolden, was shot after witnesses spotted him running away from someone at the Peninsula Apartments in the 4800 block of West Fuqua Street around 7:15 p.m., police said.

A firefighter was performing CPR on Bolden when police arrived within minutes of the shooting, said Sheryl Victorian, an assistant chief of Houston Police Department. He was rushed to Texas Children’s Hospital but he did not survive.

In the parking lot, investigators found two vehicles struck by several rounds of different calibers with Victorian suggesting there may have been more than one weapon used in the shooting. A firearm found on the ground was identified as a pellet gun.

During a press briefing, police did not have a description of the suspect responsible for the killing. Witnesses said there might have been some sort of altercation that led to a shootout, said HPD Homicide Det. D. Crowder.

Police are hoping to speak with a person who might have been with the victim before leaving the scene, Crowder said.

Bolden, who has no known gang affiliations, didn't appear to live at the apartments. Police originally reported that he was probably between 14 and 16 years old.

The suspect is only described as a 6-foot man between 18 and 20 years old. He weighs about 170 pounds. Police said he fled the scene wearing a dark hoodie with a white or gray T-shirt with "NIKE" printed on it.

Within two hours of the shooting, Houston police Chief Art Acevedo attributed the the Bolden's death to gun violence.

"This senseless death should make all Houstonians angry and all of us need to stand together against gun violence," Acevedo tweeted.